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Microbial Minutes: New E. coli, New Human Virus, Ancient Fungus Edition

May 22, 2019

What's hot in the microbial sciences? ASM summarizes microbiology news and reports in Microbial Minutes, a weekly news roundup. Watch the YouTube session for summaries and major findings, and read the reports and news coverage for yourself below. What should we highlight next time? Leave a suggestion in our comments section!

Fredens J. et al. Total Synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome.
  • Nature Podcast:
  • Science Translational Medicine blog:
  • Stat News:


Abbas A.A. et al. Redondoviridae, a Family of Small, Circular DNA Viruses of the Human Oro-Respiratory Tract Associated with Periodontitis and Critical Illness.
  • GenEng News:
  • Phys.org:


Loron C. et al. Early Fungi from the Proterozoic Era in Arctic Canada.
  • New York Times:
  • The Guardian:
  • ASM Article:
  • TWiM 134:

Author: Julie Wolf, Ph.D.

Julie Wolf, Ph.D.
Dr. Julie Wolf is in science communications at Indie Bio, and is a former ASM employee.